Chapter 182: Approaching the Gods (4)
With great difficulty, the ten names were finally sung.
As I listened, many people lost interest and dispersed.
Liu Sheng had no interest in it at first. Suddenly, when he heard his name at the end, his eyes widened slightly and he was a little surprised.
【Does anyone pay attention to small fish and shrimps like us? 】
[Which pig brother or monkey brother said this list is an observation candidate? Who is observing it? What alternative? 】
【Unclear. 】
【We are such low-key little people, how can anyone observe us? 】
The same question appears in everyone's mind.
“Who is this Liu Sheng?”
"Others have brought them to the academy, why didn't she? Haven't they ever been to the academy?"
Liu Sheng was also curious about how to explain and remained silent.
"She has already graduated and left the academy, so she did not bear the name of the academy." Brother Zhu said, "I heard that it was because she had two "Theory of Cultivation" articles in hand..."
The courtyard was in an uproar.
"Hey, two articles..."
"It's so scary!"
"I might as well find a place to bury my manuscript that was just rejected..."
"It's a pity that there are bluestone slabs here, so I can't dig them out. Don't bury it." Another person reminded him coolly.
In this way, everyone can understand why "Liu Sheng" appears on the list.
Before entering the National Academy of Sciences, many people had no idea of academic publishing and no opportunity, so Liu Sheng, who published two articles, was considered an outlier.
Liu Sheng looked around and saw that Ling Yuke, who looked proud just now, had a complicated expression and stopped looking at her.
Gao Yisheng and her senior brothers and sisters had known about this for a long time and had no special reaction. They just nodded and smiled at her.
Wang Dongdong was very angry: "Why didn't you tell me, there was another article!"
"Forgot..."
Suddenly, a hand came from He stretched out his head, curled his index finger and tapped her head lightly.
"Junior Sister Liu, you arrived early." Zhong Youzhi's voice sounded.
Liu Sheng rubbed his head and said angrily: "Brother Zhong, you arrived too late."
"Are you okay? The exam didn't start anyway."
Zhong Yuzhi had a rippling smile on his face, still dressed in resplendent clothing. He shook his hand and wanted to shake open the folding fan, only to realize that he didn't bring anything with him.
Not far away, senior brother Lu Shen and his senior brother Zhang Huaiyi also appeared in the courtyard.
Before Senior Brother Lu spoke, Zhang Huaiyi saw Liu Sheng at a glance and shouted: "Junior Sister Liu Sheng!"
Everyone was startled by this shout, and then they realized that this name, something Sounds familiar.
“This is not the tenth place just now…”
“Brother Monkey, no Brother Zhu, did you say something about her like a cat or a dog at the beginning? You also said that you even know her appearance on the popular list of winners. ?" Someone reminded Brother Zhu.
Brother Zhu coughed awkwardly and found a far-fetched reason: "Maybe I bought a reprint, and the portrait was printed a little crookedly..."
"Oh..."
Everyone dispersed in disappointment, thinking that this was some well-informed person with inside information, but it turned out that he just bought a gossip tabloid.
"However, I often go to bookstores and read various newspapers and periodicals. Why haven't I seen this kind of tabloid? Huh? Brother Monkey or Brother Pig, what about humans?" Gao Yisheng questioned, but when he turned around, he saw that just now The young man with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks has disappeared.
Liu Sheng was originally gathering with her senior brothers and sisters. She avoided the public eye and introduced her friend Wang Dongdong to them.
However, the moment the man disappeared, she noticed everything. She suddenly realized something, and her eyes shot into the dragon gate like lightning.
...
Behind the dragon gate, in the huge examination room, two people were already sitting on the examiner's seat covered by a bead curtain in front.
“I didn’t expect this little girl to be quite keen.” The old man in the middle said while stroking his long gray beard and looking out the window. There was a smile under his beard and he was putting a small paper man into his sleeve. "Mei Yuanzheng...why bother to tease them personally?"
The old man is Mei Yuanzheng of the National Academy of Sciences. The middle-aged female official sitting next to him asked helplessly. .
"Xueshi Yan, don't you think it would be interesting to see their reactions?" Mei Yuanzheng chuckled, "Besides, it might be more interesting to tell some people that someone is watching them."
"Do you want to see the excitement?" Xuexianshi Yan asked curiously.
"Maybe..."
Mei Yuanzheng suddenly felt something and sneered: "They are finally here."
At this time, the door on the other side of the examination room opened It opened, and three middle-aged men in official uniforms walked behind the bead curtain.
"Mei Yuanzheng." The person in the middle bowed his hands first.
"Li Shangshu." Mei Yuanzheng responded kindly.
It was just that the eyes of the two people collided, and fierce sparks arose.
Others also greeted each other.
Although there is an undercurrent, it is just an undercurrent after all, and the courtesy on the face is indispensable.
The person in the middle is Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, holding a jade box that exudes gleaming divine light with great care. It is obvious that this object is extraordinary.
The two people beside him, one of them dressed in white and elegant, are the famous cabinet scholar Jun Hanshan, but everyone likes to call him "Jun Hanshan".
The other person was a thin, middle-aged man with a tired face. The bags and dark circles on his face looked like he had stayed up many nights. This was Ling Fu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
As soon as Ling Shangshu arrived, he looked at the candidates in the courtyard with a steady look, as serious as he usually studied the art of weapon refining.
"Ling Shangshu is looking at his daughter! We haven't seen her for a few days. I think Ling Shangshu, who is known to love his daughter as much as she lives, misses her very much."
With a smile on his face, Li Shangshu placed the jade box on the table in front of Meiyuan, and sat down on the seat next to Meiyuan that was also at the top.
No one else dared to say anything about this unprecedented seating arrangement and could only treat it as a normal phenomenon.
Hanshan Jun said with a smile: "Fortunately, Ling Shangshu has always been upright, otherwise your Majesty would not have let him appear here without avoiding suspicion."
Ling Fu hummed casually without comment. , withdrew his gaze from a certain figure, sat quietly, and did not participate in the conversation.
Everyone was used to Ling Fu’s temper and didn’t care too much.
Mei Yuanzheng said coldly: "You mean Wen Shoufu is not upright? That's why you didn't let his son take the exam?"
Li Shangshu was choked, but his face was still worried. With a gentle smile: "First Assistant Wen is busy with political affairs, and His Majesty feels sorry for him, so he did not arrange for him to come here to invigilate the exam."
"So you are all too busy?"
Mei The court official suddenly said this, which made Li Shangshu and Hanshanjun cough again and again.
Other officials who were filing in also hurriedly coughed and looked at the sky, pretending not to hear.
Ling Shangshu was left in a daze without knowing what he was thinking.
And next to him, Yan Lai, a scholar from the National Academy of Sciences, looked at his nose and heart, pretending not to hear.
“Now that the adults are all here and the sacred objects have been given, can we allow the candidates to enter?” Academician Yan didn’t like to hear this nonsense and asked directly with a frown.
"But..."
Before Li Shangshu finished speaking, Mei Yuanzheng asked unceremoniously.
"Wait a minute, do you know how to use this god-given thing?"
"Of course you do. I was taught by Your Majesty in the palace just now." Li Shangshu said warmly, only "Your Majesty" The two words are slightly aggravated.
Mei Yuanzheng heard the implication and said nothing more, only nodded solemnly.
So, Li Shangshu nodded slightly to the officials beside the jade chime. After receiving the instruction, the officials hurriedly sounded the jade chime.
The sound of the chime was clear and clear, one after another, resounding throughout the Gongyuan.
Under the "Dragon Gate" plaque, the heavy door finally opened.
Liu Sheng looked at the deep examination room inside the door and thought: "Finally, here we are."
Three updates today, Thanks(ω)
< br>
(End of this chapter)